Improvement in attachments for sewing-machines



P. L. SHEPLER.

Attachment for Sewing-Machines. N0.128,181. b PatentedJun-e18,1372

UNI'IED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN ATTACHMENTS FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

Specifica-tion forn1ing par1; f L01101s Patent N0. 128,181, dat0d J 11n0 18, 1872.

T0 whom 1't mag; concern:

B0 11 known tha1 I, Pms L. SHEPLER, 0f VVhitehouse, in 1110 eounty 0f Lucas and State 01' Ohio, hav0 invent-ed a new and useful Improvement 111 Attachment f01 Sewing Maehines; and I do deelare tha1 1h0 foll0wing is a 11110 and aceura1e deseription 1h0100f, refere1100 being had 10 1he accompanying drawing 1'1nd 10 1he le11ers 0f r0f0101100 marked ther0 0n and being a p'art 01' 1his specifieation, in which Figure 1 is a perspective vi0w 01 n1y device 21112101106. 10 a sewing-maehine. Fig. 2 is an inverted perspective view 0f 1h0 f001-pi000. Fig. 3 is an enla-rged plan 0f 1110 deviee. Fig. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal seetion of 12110 par1s which opera1e as a 1ucker. Fig. 5 is a perspective view 0f a piec0 0f a fabric tueked wi1h 1his device, and Fig. 6 is a cross-section through 1110 parts in 1110 2101 of s1i1ching 011 braid.

'lhis invention relates 10 a device 01 attachment 10 sewing machines f01 sewing d0wn tucks, s0wing 011 edging, insertions, braids, and doing a vari01y 0f work of like eharac1er, wi1hou1 12110 necessity 0f previously basting the w0rk. 'I.he inven1ion eonsis1s in 1h0 pee11liar construc1ion of a deviee 10 be attaehed 10 1he presser-foot bar 0f 1110 maehine, and another 10 be attach0d 10 1h0 elo1zh-plate, 1h0 two operating in eonneetion with eaeh 011101, f01 prodneing the variods 1esult-s, as more fully hereinafter se1 for1h.

In 1h0 drawing, A represents 1110 cloth-pla1e 0f a sewing-maehine, and B 1he lower end of 1110 presser-foot bar. O is 1h0 needle, Whieh is reciproeated, wi1h its needle-bar, (n0t shown,) in 1h0 usual way. D is a gauge-plate, provid- 0d with a vertieal guide-rib, a, in 1h0 lin0 0f fe0d, and is adjustab ly seeured 10 1h0 0101hplate by means 0f a plate-screw, b, passing through 1h0 sl01 c. This plate does n01 termina1e a1 1he guid0, as is usual in 1his dass 0f devices, 11111 0x1ends beyond i1, across 1h0 d- 1i110, in 1h0 direetio'n 0f 1110 needle, and a1 rigl11 angles w11h 1h0 feed-line, the feed being fro1n 1h0 opera1or. E is a wire folder, passing through a sleeve, d, 0n 1110 fron1 0dge 0f 1110 p1a10 D, am]. also through a clamp, e, near 1110 back end 0f said platze, provided wi1h a dampserew, f, by which any longitudinal movement 0f1h0 f0lder is prevented, and i1 may 11111s be held a1 any point. T lef1-hand end 0f 1110 wir0 is ben1 10 a righ1: angle wi1h a body and flattened, as a1 E, while 1h0 01h01 end is also,

ben1 10 fo1m a handle, by whieh 1h0 folder is moved longitudi11ally in its guides. The plate D is scaled 011 111 0 art 0V01 which 1h e handled end of 1110 folder moves. F is a presser-foot, which may be attaehed 10 1h0 penden1 end 01' 1he presser-bar by a set-serew. T0 1l1is 1'001 there is secured 0n0 end 0f a plate, F, 01 1110 f0rm sl1own, being a strip 0f me1al ben1 slightly upward fro1n 1l10 bott0m 0f 1he presser-foot; 1henc0 horizontally 10 1he left; 1110x100 curved back horizontally under itself, and twisted sligl11ly toward 1he opera1or, so 111211 i1s end Will 110 011 01' 0V01 1110 end 0f 1h0 gauge-plz1te D, and i1is sealed, as shown. g is a horizon- 1al hook rising f10111 1110 f10111 par1 01 1he foot, and open a1'1h0 lef1 side. Toward 1110 needle, parallel with 1he hook, 1h010 is a slot, h, 001 111 1110 side 0f 1he f0o1, obliquely downward and forward, and still fur1her on is 1110 needlehole 1. These comprise 1110 operative par1s 01 1he device, a11d i1s applieation 10 some 0f 1he various purposes 10 whieh 11 is adapted 1nay 100 explained as follows:

In tucking, 1he fabric G is folded, as a1; j,

for 1h0 width 0f 111011 a1 0110 end, 1110 righthand part 0f i1. laid 011 1h0 pla1e D, and 1110 left-hand par1 is slipped under t-h0 t0ngue 01 lower par1 of 1h0 plate F, firs1 folding th0 fabri0 as a1 k,1he end 0f 1h0 tongue carrying 11 a 111110 1h0 right 0f 1110 stitehing-line. 'Ihe folder E is now pushed along into 1110 f0ld j and clamped fast, 1h0 distanee 01' its handle fron1 12h0 zero-mark 0n 1h0 scal0 01 1110 plate D indicating 1h0 widtl1 0f tu0k, whieh is then s1i10110d down, as se011 in Fig. 5, 1110 fold k passing in 001112101: Wi111 1h0 gauge d 011 its way 10 1he needle. T110 succeeding tueks are sewed down in like mann er, 11101001 less spaee being lef1 between 1h01n.

In sticehing 011 edgings, 1he f0lde1 E is drawn 10 1110 righ1: 0f 1110 guide a. T110 hen1 01 1110 fabrie is laid 0n 1he end 0f 1h0 pla1e D, against 1h0 guide a, and earried 10 1h01100d10, passing 11nd01 1110 1011g110 F. The end 0f 1110 edging is now bro11ght 101h0 needle and laid on 1he fabric. 11 is 1h011 inserted in 1110 slo1 handpassed overthehookg. Itisnowstitehed down 10 1h0 fabrie, 1h0 operator guiding 1l10 edging witl1 1h0 left band.

In cording 01' braiding, the braid is first passed under the hook g, thenee into the slot, und then t0 the needle, which must pierce it; every stitch, as shown in the seetional view, Fig. 6.

The othen operations 0f sewing in insert-ions, stitching wide hems, &c. will readily be understood by the experienced sewing-machine operator, who will appreciate the saving 0f 1abor and. time expended in basting rendered necessary with the various attaehments heretofore used, as W811 as the economy of the device in question, which enables several kinds 0f work 130 be done by ib, whieh hitherto usually required speeial attachrnents for each.

What I e1aim 'as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The presser-foot F und. tongue-plate F, 0011- structed as described, and provided with the hook g, slot h, and needle-hole z, when combined with the plate D and folder E, all being construeted substantially as described, and adapted. both as a braider and tucker.

Witnesses: P. L. SHEPLER.

JOHN E. BISHER, I. W. BRADLEY. 

